Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27

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sprinkling Of idiosyncracies were noticssbs
mere as they are everywhere In the travelling
,'h wo,,o. Inc Boston spinstsr, angular, tall,
WIN clingiug skirts and skull cap, a d ia
ciple Of Darwin and apostle of mind cure
the ashinRton girl, bright, inquisitiye and
journalistic; the blonde belle, irivilous and
nifty ;tne fascinating with q trunk full of
diamonds and heart full of sentiment.
with their offset In the male gender of the
amateur Photographic; the dyspeptic. the
srumOler and the ex-senator who saeins n
own the snip and treats the psssen gers "a
nis guest4 The assortment is probaly al
ways of average quality, never better and
never worse, though the bland CAPTAIN on
each trip Invariably whispers in conf denca
.na .nis is the incest lot OF passengers that
SCENES AT TACOMA,
len minutes ride in the omnibus carried
US to the Tscoma house, Q large and hand.
some building of stone and brick, now tbe
finest hotel outside of San Frsncisco-not
quite up to what Del Monte was iu fare.
style or attendance, but It's unusual size and
really comfortable sdjuncts are sources of
recurring surprise to all new arrivals The
mouse IL oeautiiully situated on q high bluff
overlooking the sound, with Vancouver Ia
iand In the distance, adj AGENT fOrests nj
coniierous evsrgreens, and grand old Mount
Tacoma Using In front-s thing of maiestv
anu grandeur snow clad from peak 70 bsss,
and IN striking contrast to it's surroundings
OF dark foliage. This mountain in an svsr
vary ing feast to the eye sonnet mes its sum.
MT seems envelOped In the heavens and
sometimes Its whole form stands sharp cnt
and IN bold relief against the blue ether.
create ever varying isndscapes on IL Lvsr.
ing surface, aud one never wesries of LOOK.
ing. 'oo~
The town of Tacoma is of musbroom
HroWln, with population of about fifteen
thousand, but its size and soiditv of bniId.
Ing bespeak much older record ihsn si~S,
yeSf:, which atn told 10 its real age, but II
10 terminus OF tbs Northern Pacific rail.
Ioso, ana this company we'll deserves tha
S,s PLSiss and loyalty OF the people OF Tacoma
psny did not monopolizs the Land snd
saS ,S settlers, generously built the botsi
- sntew the surrounding scraa on~r
sb,a "S r rpuolc who rapidly bought st resson.
which The whols as !S.9i%pty .t S1i. city Of
ine company sis0 purc6sssd sna Spo. Spouu
iands ior public buildinga. ana a, S,ussoo ,,
expense erected beautiful church ."S ~, I'VE ~,
suitably endowed. ""'0n were
THE BIGGEST sAwMILL ON THE COAST.
We saw Ut Old Tacoma which Ia . a.
miles distant from the present cItv. ~.
largest sswmill on the Pacific coast In
one day they sawed AZ 900 tset OF Lumber.
lnd In memory OF this triumph they (like
Won TfomP) carry . friszs Of throc boms
drmly nailed 70 their front Fable. Their
ordinary cut 10 25O. 900 TO 1000 ssse psr
isy. We naturally Inquired what boosms
y 20 much lumber: when the supsrintsnd-
lSveu large ships then lay, loodine tor
Onios, Australia and Brasil, and Wo we're
70 learn that these countries to0k |
y Islr prices all that could 10 cent 10 them. |
~ uoe nssursily supPoses thHs Brasil md /
being Wsli-umbsrsd countriss. i
.0nia ..es Ds exportsrs and not importers oi
sohhks IN AND AROUND PORTLAND.
Va the inosning Of the 26.h We stsrtsd bv
~ ny Portland, but owing 70 the iuunds-
!oo o. ehe track had % take boat Tor ahous
y me-. - ~ Wtllsmstss rives. ~
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